Need another word that means the same as “deepen”? Find 17 synonyms and 30 related words for “deepen” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Deepen” are: intensify, compound, heighten, change, grow, increase, strengthen, escalate, mushroom, snowball, dig out, make deeper, dig deeper, scoop out, scrape out, hollow out, excavate
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “deepen” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| change | Change from one vehicle or transportation line to another. We popped back to the hotel to get changed before heading out for our last night in Paris. |
| compound | Make more intense, stronger, or more marked. Compound the ingredients. |
| dig deeper | Remove, harvest, or recover by digging. |
| dig out | Get the meaning of something. |
| escalate | Increase rapidly. We do not want to escalate the war. |
| excavate | Dig out material from (the ground. The ground was largely excavated by hand. |
| grow | Cause to grow or develop. In these forests mushrooms grow under the trees. |
| heighten | Increase the height of. The pleasure was heightened by the sense of guilt that accompanied it. |
| hollow out | Remove the interior of. |
| increase | Make bigger or more. The university increased the number of students it admitted. |
| intensify | Become more intense. The dispute began to intensify. |
| make deeper | Earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages. |
| mushroom | Pick or gather mushrooms. These are high performance bullets which mushroom upon impact. |
| scoop out | Get the better of. |
| scrape out | Scratch repeatedly. |
| snowball | Throw snowballs at. The campaign was snowballing. |
| strengthen | Gain strength. He advises an application of fluoride to strengthen the teeth. |
| augment | Grow or intensify. He augmented his summer income by painting houses. |
| bolster | Prop up with a pillow or bolster. The fall in interest rates is starting to bolster confidence. |
| bond | Criminal law money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial. Assets may have to be sold or bonded to provide cash for the payment of this tax. |
| brace | Support or hold steady and make steadfast with or as if with a brace. He wore a brace on his knee. |
| cooperation | Assistance, especially by complying readily with requests. We should like to ask for your cooperation in the survey. |
| defensible | Justifiable by argument. A morally defensible penal system. |
| development | An area of land with new buildings on it. After he saw the latest development he changed his mind and became a supporter. |
| efficiency | An action designed to achieve efficiency. She did the work with great efficiency. |
| enhance | Intensify, increase, or further improve the quality, value, or extent of. This will enhance your enjoyment. |
| enlarge | Develop a larger print of (a photograph. They have renovated and enlarged the four storey building. |
| escalate | Increase in extent or intensity. The price of tickets escalated. |
| exacerbate | Make worse. The strong pound has exacerbated the situation by making it much harder for UK companies to compete on price. |
| fortify | Increase the nutritional value of (food) by adding vitamins or minerals. Most commercial brands of almond milk are fortified with vitamins A, D, B2, B12, calcium, and zinc. |
| harden | Harden by reheating and cooling in oil. Brick is made of moist clay hardened by heat. |
| heighten | Make (something) higher. Concern over CFCs has heightened. |
| increase | The amount by which something increases. The increase in unemployment. |
| intensification | Action that makes something stronger or more extreme. The intensification of the conflict. |
| intensify | Become or make more intense. The dispute began to intensify. |
| intension | The internal content of a concept. |
| intensity | Chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue. Hydrothermal processes of low intensity. |
| ossify | Cause to become hard and bony. These tracheal cartilages may ossify. |
| reinforce | Strengthen and support with rewards. Let s reinforce good behavior. |
| reinforcement | Extra personnel sent to increase the strength of an army or similar force. His gestures provided eloquent reinforcement for his complaints. |
| rise | Rise in rank or status. The activists urged militant factions to rise up. |
| sharpen | Make (images or sounds) sharp or sharper. The debate sharpened. |
| strength | Physical energy or intensity. Street protests demonstrated the strength of feeling against the president. |
| strengthen | Give a healthy elasticity to. His body strengthened. |
| stronghold | A place that has been fortified so as to protect it against attack. Their mountain strongholds fell to enemy attack. |
| toughen | Make (rules or a policy) stricter and more harsh. A falcon has scaly skin on its legs that toughens up very quickly. |
| widening | The act of making something wider. |
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